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ADJUSTABLE ROCKER BOB. CHAIRS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. ANDREVV-S, OF DETROIT, MIOBTGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE DETROIT ROCKER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE ROCKER FOR CHA IRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,917, dated September 26, 1882.

Application filed March 4, 1882. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD W. ANDREWS,

- of Detroit, in-the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Inlprovements in Adjustable Rockers for Chairs; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of adjustable sectional rockers designed to be attached to the legs of an ordinary chair for the purpose of converting the I 5 same into a rocking-chair.

" The invention consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and various combinations of the parts constituting my improved adjustable rocker, all as more fully hereinaf- 2o ter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my rocker. Fig. .2 is a perspective of a device for securing the front leg of a chair to the rocker.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a rocker, which I preferably make in two sections, a b. To the front end of the rear section, a, I secure a metallic socket, B, in any convenient manner, care being taken, however, that they are rigidly secured to 0 place. In the upper face of this socket-casting I form an opening, 0, which is designed to receive the leg of the chair, which rests upon the bottom of the socket, and is secured therein by means of the screw d, which is tapped 3 5 through the standard or lug c, rising from the socket B at therear edge of the opening 0. The rear end of the section b of the rocker is made to fit snugly within the socket B, and, if desired, it may be rigidly secured therein at its adjusted position.

D represents a suitable casting, Fig. 2,

j which is provided with a socket-projection, f, which is designed to slip over the front end of the section b of the rocker. The front end 4 5 ofthis casting terminates in a socket, g, which is designed to receive the front leg of the chair, and is secured thereto by means of the screw h;

In Fig. 1 the front casting is a modification of the one just described, and is such as I design using upon rockers intended for use upon the lighter class of chairs.

By this construction, above described, it will readily be seen that the chair is only raised from the floor the thickness of the lower face or wall of the securing devices, and that I provide means of adjustment, so that the rockers may be secured upon different styles of chairs, and wherein thereisavariation of the spread ot' the legs. By making my rockers in sections I am enabled to use material that would otherwise be waste, and hence I materially lessen the cost over those wherein'the rocker is made of one piece.

Iam aware that a rocker made in two sections hinged together to secure portability, and adapted to be attached to a common chair, is not new; and I do not claim such invention.

What I claim as new is- 1. A chair-rocker made in two sections joined together with an extensible coupling, in combination with devices, substantially as described, for securing each section to a separate chair-leg, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the sections a b, of the socket B, secured to one section and loosely receiving the end of the other section, and means, substantially as described, for separately securing each section to a separate chair-leg, as set forth.

3. A chair-rocker consisting of two sections joined together with an extensible coupling, each section being provided with a socket for receiving a chair-leg, and a screw for fastening the leg in the socket, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the two sections a b, of the casting B, secured to one section, and having a socket to receive the other section, a socket to receive a chair-leg, a screw to secure the leg in the socket, and means for securing the companion leg of the chair to that section of the rocker which fits into the socket of the casting B, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the two sections a b of an extensible rocker, of the sockets g c, secured to the forward ends of the sections, the socket of the rear sections being also prorocker, in combination with means, substantiaily as described, for securing the rear leg 10- ot' the chair, as set forth.

EDWARD W. ANDREWS.

\Vitnesses:

H. S. SPR-AGUE, OI-IARLEs J. HUNT. 

